Rhineland Palatinate Research Articles

Hypericum extract versus imipramine or placebo in patients with moderate depression: randomised multicentre study of treatment for eight weeks.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of hypericum extract (STEI 300, Steiner Arzneimittel, Berlin) compared with imipramine and placebo in patients in primary care with a current episode of...

15 years insurance statistics of incidents and accident types of combat sports injuries of the Rhineland-Pfalz Federal Sports Club

The primary intention of this study is the grouping of sports accidents, being described by the athletes in their own words in a classification system of specific accident classes with regard to specific motions and topography. The investigation is based on the data of the sports insurance Gerling-Konzern during a 15-year period in Rhineland Palatinate (1981-1995). The study is based on the insurance documents and clinical protocols if available. 137 accident protocols were related to this 15-year period including weight lifting (n = 1) and martial arts (n = 136). Listed in hierarchical order we received the following results: judo (n = 47), karate (n = 44), wrestling (n = 22), taekwondo (n = 9), boxing (n = 7), ju-jutsu (n = 5), fencing (n = 1) and aikido (n = 1). In accordance to accident types there were no sex related differences. As special preventive measures we suggest the use of protective mouthguards and solid glasses, proprioceptive training and physiological taping for knee, ankle and elbow joints.

Language awareness: a new literacy dimension in school language education

Adding to definitions already available, the author suggests a description of Language Awareness (LA) firmly anchored in the language education (mother tongue English and modern foreign languages) realities of the multicultural classroom. He examines the purpose of LA in language education and provides a critical account of LA-centred lessons conducted in a number of classrooms in England as well as in Alberta and the Rhineland Palatinate with particular reference to in-service courses in Hertfordshire. The experiences which indicated that LA can make a contribution to curriculum development have confirmed the author and colleagues in their plans to mount a classroom-based research project to submit at least some of the claims made for LA to a strict test of evaluation.

Epidemiologic, infectiologic and immunologic results from gynecologic HIV consultation at the Mainz University Gynecologic Clinic

For more than two years, all HIV-positive women were seen in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in cooperation with the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Mainz, for medical care and therapy, if necessary. Of 40 HIV-infected female patients who were treated, 25 women were followed up every three to six months. Most of the latter live in rural areas or outside the cities in the State Rhineland Palatinate, FRG. 52% of them are or were former intravenous drug abusers, and 44% had been infected by sexual transmission. Only one-third use condoms during intercourse, another third reject this kind of protection. The rest are without cohabitation for various reasons. 23 pregnancies are known in this group and in 20% of the cases HIV infection were discovered during prenatal care. Gynaecological and obstetrical findings are reported. 80% of the patients have had a recurrent candida infection of the vagina, which was detected by culture. Immunologically, 75% of the patients belong to stage III (according to the CDC classification). Out of this group, more than 50% show less than 400 CD4 (+) cells/microliters. A positive result for HIV-Ag, anti-p41 and negative anti-p24 was seen in five cases. One of the four patients with AIDS died of a rapidly growing cancer of the cervix.